A vintage Walter Tevis article

you might have to explain who is walter?

i have a first edition ' the hustler ' hardback with the dust jacket in mint condition, and on the inside its signed " good luck, fast eddie " i dont know who signed it, but its cool.
chuck starkey
 
"Jay Helfert, Toupee Jay, comes in, small, agile and bald. The toupee is what he wears the second time he plays for money in a town on the road. He and Jimmy nod at each other."

I'd read this before, but didn't catch this line the first time!!:)
 
Thanks. Nice nostalgic piece. IIRC that was the tournament where Denny Searcy cleaned out everybody playing pay-ball. Jay will remember.
 
BUDDY HALL IS THE BEST NINEBALL PLAYER EVER ALIVE OR DEAD! WHAT A NATURAL TALENT. PERHAPS THE GREATEST ALL AROUND PLAYER IF HE HAVE TAKEN UP STRAIGHT POOL. ASK OLD TIMERS, IF BUDDY CAN PLAY STRAIGHT. THEY WILL TELL YOU JAM UP!:wink:
 
That was a nice little read. It also doesn't look like a whole lot has changed in more than a quarter century.
 
What a great read. Amazing writer. Thank you for the link. Wouldn't it be nice if the DCC All Around Champion were decided this way as well? No points, the division winners have to play each other all the games.

And did anyone notice that Bill Stroud was mentioned as the player who beat Buddy in one pocket?

Toupee Jay got stone knocked in a national magazine. :-)
 
Bob Callahan said:
Coolest Hand With A Cue (SI, 1974)
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Thanks for the memories - I was lucky enough to be living in Dayton
at the time. I think I was the undeclaired champion sweator!

Marino did shock one and all with his choice of 9 Ball first - his
explaination: "Hey, I gotta beat him in 9 Ball to win anyway, right?".
People started most every sentence with 'hey' in those days.

I think this WAS the year Denny drilled everybody at payball
on that ridiculous 'Insurance' table. A modified 5 x 10 Centenial Snooker
table with 2 1/2 inch corner pockets, maybe even smaller.

On a side note Bill Stroud showed up in a '72(?) 365GTB/4 Ferrari 'Daytona'.
Prolly worth a handfull of million dollar bills today, IF you could find
anyone willing to sell you one.

Them was the days.

FWIW - Bill Porter likely has scads of pix from that tourny - perhaps
he will post up a few.

Dale
 
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